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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 107, No. 6, 2012, pp. 824-827
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Bioline Code: oc12129
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 107, No. 6, 2012, pp. 824-827
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Upregulation of hsa-miR-125b in HTLV-1 asymptomatic carriers and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis patients
Nicolete, Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo; Nicolete, Roberto; Haddad, Rodrigo; Azevedo, Rochele; de Castro, Fabíola Attié; Tanaka, Yuetsu; Takayanagui, Osvaldo Massaiti; Covas, Dimas Tadeu & Kashima, Simone
Abstract
The retrovirus human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) promotes spastic paraparesis, adult T cell leukaemia
and other diseases. Recently, some human microRNAs (miRNAs) have been described as important factors in
host-virus interactions. This study compared miRNA expression in control individuals, asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers
and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis patients. The proviral load and Tax
protein expression were measured in order to characterize the patients. hsa-miR-125b expression was significantly
higher in patients than in controls (p = 0.0285) or in the HAM group (p = 0.0312). Therefore, our findings suggest
that miR-125b expression can be used to elucidate the mechanisms of viral replication and pathogenic processes.
Keywords
HAM/TSP - hsa-miR-125b - upregulation
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